[WikiEN-l] Foreign language WP as a source

[Gary Kirk]

On 16/04/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> Real quick question: Is there any problem with using a foreign language WP
> Article as a source in the English language one? In this case it's birth &
> death dates.
>
> I don't think we are meant to use ourselves as sources. Certainly using an
> internal link as a source is not allowed, so I would guess a link to another
> Wikipedia/WMF project would be similarly frowned upon. Where does the other
> Wikipedia get its source for the DOB? - you could use that?
>
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Gary Kirk